Bitcoin’s $1M Dream: Coinbase CEO Predicts Gold Rush 2.0 🚀💰

Bitcoin’s slow, stubborn crawl toward a million bucks ain’t just hopin’ and prayin’-it’s got regulators, suits, and whole dang countries shoveling coal into the furnace.

Bitcoin’s Long, Dusty Road to Riches

Bitcoin, that slippery digital ghost of money, ain’t just for basement dwellers and anarchists no more. Now it’s got politicians noddin’ like wise old owls, bankers clutchin’ it like a last will, and Coinbase’s top dog, Brian Armstrong, swearin’ it’ll hit a million bucks by 2030-give or take a few bankruptcies. He’s bettin’ on three things: rules that ain’t written in crayon, governments hoardin’ it like squirrels, and Wall Street finally admittin’ they don’t understand it but want in anyway.

Armstrong took to X (that place where sanity goes to die) on Sept. 23 and said:

I reckon bitcoin’s headin’ straight for a million by ‘bout 2030, give or take a financial apocalypse or two. Think long-term, folks-like, “will my grandkids forgive me” long-term.

Just days before, on Fox Business (where dreams go to get tax-optimized), he spilled more beans: “I don’t sweat the small stuff-like crashes, scams, or existential dread. Nah, I’m lookin’ at the big picture. And right now, bitcoin’s got more tailwinds than a politician at a lobbyist buffet.”

First up? Regulations-actual ones, not just stern tweets. He’s pinchin’ his hopes on the GENIUS Act (which, let’s be honest, better be genius) and some Senate bill that’ll probably get buried under lobbyist cash. Second? Governments stackin’ bitcoin like toilet paper before a pandemic. Third? ETFs-because nothin’ says “legitimacy” like lettin’ Wall Street repackage your magic beans.

Armstrong wrapped it up with:

Bitcoin’s got more wind in its sails than a sailor with indigestion. There’s only 21 million of ‘em, and half the world’s still tryin’ to figure out how to buy ‘em without gettin’ scammed. Buckle up, buttercups.

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2025-09-25 03:08